The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) in collaboration with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, is urging the police service to help reduce the bottlenecks encountered by Cargos from neighboring countries who use Ghana’s port.
This according to the GSA will help raise more revenue for the country and even create jobs in other sectors so far as transit trade is concerned.
In an interview with the GSA Head of Freight, Mr. Fred Asiedu Dartey, noted that the GPHA is in competition with other ports in neighboring countries making it competitive for Ghana as a country.
This he noted should be reason enough to help reduce the burden on transit trade, to attract more of such into the country.
Mr. Dartey thus called for the police to help reduce the bottlenecks on Ghana’s corridors in order not to cut short benefits made by the country.
He made this known during a sensitization workshop for police officers organized in Tamale, on challenges faced along Ghana’s corridor.
The sensitization workshop is part of a series of events organized by the authority along major transit corridors to help sensitize uniformed officers on the benefits of transit trade to the Ghanaian economy and the roles expected of them in its promotion.
On his part Sup Dr. Sosu Mensah, Director in charge of MTTD-Ghana Police Service, Northern Region, resisted the issue of over populated checkpoints mounted by the police on Ghana’s corridors, noting their importance so far as security on our roads are concerned.
He meanwhile called on officers to be moderate in their dealings with transit drivers to help reduce the cost and the delays encountered.
Contrary to the widely held perception that Ghana does not derive any benefits from the Transit Trade through its corridors, the outcome of a Ghana Shippers’ Authority study in 2015 showed that tangible financial benefits is accrued, with a total revenue of USD 34 million (GH¢134 million) accrued to the Ghanaian economy from some of the quantifiable services provided by various operators involved in the delivery of transit services.
Source:Fiilafmonline/ShawanaYussif
